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perspective, we are supporting people in those situations and

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playing our role in resettlement through our scheme. Questions to be

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Prime Minister. This morning I had meetings with

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colleagues and others and in addition to my duties in this House,

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I will have more meetings today. With unemployment falling by over

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60% at over 5000 new apprenticeships, read it is doing

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well and I am holding my third to spare in a few weeks with 25

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companies taking part. Will my right honourable friend agree that we have

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made a good start but we must not be complacent and we should continue to

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get good quality jobs. I very much agree with my honourable friend. If

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we look at the West Woodlands and take an employment figures today, we

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can see the claimant count has come down since 2010 by 91,000 people,

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and I am sure the House will welcome an update on unemployment figures.

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-- West Midlands. Compared with 2010, there are now 2 million

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370,000 more people in work than when I became Prime Minister, and

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the claimant town is down 18,000 in the last month, figures which I am

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sure will be welcome right across the House. -- down. Could the Prime

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Minister tell the House how many people will die from respiratory

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disease as a result of air pollution before this country meets its legal

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obligations on air quality by 2025? I don't have those diggers to hand

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but what I do know is that we need to make progress on air quality and

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that is why we have the new regulations on diesel engines which

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is helping, the steady decarbonisation of our power sector

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which will help, and why we do have very strong legislation already in

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terms of making sure we have clean air particularly in our cities. If I

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could help the Prime Minister, the sad truth is that half a million

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people will die because of this country's failure to comply with

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international law on air pollution. How much does air pollution cost our

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economy every year? Of course it costs our economy billions because

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people are being injured, and that is why we have the new clean air

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zones and why we are seeing emissions from cars coming down and

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I give him one example, if we deliver in terms of our carbon

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reduction plan for electricity generation, we are going to see

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something like an 85% reduction in carbon between 1990 and 20 30. That

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will give us one of the best green records anywhere in the world. The

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Royal College of Physicians estimates that air pollution cost

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our economy ?20 billion a year. The failure to deal with air pollution

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is killing people. A few days ago, London face a severe smog warning.

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His friend the Mayor of London has presided over a legal breach of air

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quality in the capital everyday 's 2012, so why can't the Prime

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Minister Harri up action to make us comply with international law and

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help the health of the people of this country? -- hurry. It was the

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Tory government in the 1950s that passed the clean air at and I am

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sure we will take further action, including the clean air zones, lower

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car emissions, and why are we able to do this, not only because we care

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about the environment but because we have an economy strong enough to pay

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for the improvements. We all welcome the clean air act of 1956, but

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things have moved on a bit since then!

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LAUGHTER The government are now threatened with being taken to court

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for its failure to comply with international law on air pollution.

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He is proposing to spend tens if not hundreds of millions of pounds on

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public money -- of public money on defending the indefensible. Why not

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invest the money in cleaner air and better air quality for everyone in

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this country? We are investing money in clean air in this country, we are

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phasing out the use of coal-fired power stations, far in advance

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what other European countries are doing, blazing a trail with

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renewable energy, the clean energy we are investing in. All these

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things will make a difference. You can only do this if you have a

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strong economy able to pay for these things. If the government and Prime

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Minister are so keen on renewable and clean energy, could he explain

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why on Monday the House approved new regulations to allow communities

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every so on clean energy projects like Shaw wins? I got a question

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from Angela from Lancaster who asked the Prime Minister this... If I were

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you, I would listen. Will the Prime Minister of the same right of veto

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to have committed the and communities like hers across the

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country on fracking? We have a proper plan in system for deciding

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these things. He wants to know what is happening in terms of renewable

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energy. 99% of the solar panels in this country were installed since I

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became Prime Minister, that is the green record we have. The UK now has

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the second largest ultra-low emission market anywhere in the

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European Union, we have seen one of the strongest growth in renewable

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energy, but isn't it remarkable? Five questions in and no welcome for

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the fall in unemployment. No mention of the 31 million people now in work

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and the fact we have more women and young people in work. That more

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people are bringing home a salary and wage and paying less taxes. Not

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a words from the party that I thought was Labour. The party

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getting people back into work is on this side of the House! Mr Speaker,

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the questions to the Prime Minister are these: he once boasted that he

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led the greenest government ever. No Husky was face said from it his

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cuddles! Foods he explain why a damning report has been produced

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when it comes to green energy, saying major investors describe this

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policy is risky when it comes to cuts and changes. Why is this

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government so failing the renewable energy sector is to mark --

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critique. -- could he explain. Any look at the figures will find this

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government has a remarkable record in green energy. Let me take the

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climate at said that Britain is the second best country in the world for

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tackling climate change after them up.

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Thanks to our long term economic plan for the Midlands engine, we

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have been able to invest in our public services in the west

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Midlands, helping to build a strong NHS, reform our education system and

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give our police the resources they need. Unemployment is down again and

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my beautiful Lichfield. And yesterday was an absolute first for

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the West Midlands, when the whole region co-operatives to be sent 33

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investment schemes at an international conference in Cannes,

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which will create a further 178,000 jobs. What more can the Prime

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Minister do to support the Midlands engine, apart from ensuring, of

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course, that we never get a Labour government? I am glad my honourable

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friend chose to be here rather than in Cannes. Last week, we had a deal

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signed between Chinese investors and an automotive company to create 1000

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jobs in Coventry. My right honourable friend the Business

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Secretary was in Staffordshire opening a coffee factory that will

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bring in 400 jobs. And we have that deal with the West Midlands which

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will see significant new powers devolved to the combined authority

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and the directly elected mayor. We are changing the way our country is

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run, devolving power, building the strength of our great cities, and

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Birmingham is the second city of our country.

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In Libya, we want to see the formation of a unity government.

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There is progress with the Prime Minister, who can now lead that

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government. We want to hear from him what assistance should be given. In

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countries like Britain, France, America and Italy will help that new

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government. Right now, Libya is a people smuggling route which is bad

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for Europe and bad for us, and also you have the growth of Daesh in

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Libya, which is bad for us and bad for Europe. If we had any plans for

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troop training or troop deployment, we would come to the House and

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discuss it. The UK spent 13 times more bombing Libya than securing the

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peace after the overthrow of the hated Gaddafi regime. The critics of

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UK policy even include President Obama of the United States. So will

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the Prime Minister give a commitment to bring the issue of any potential

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Libya deployment of any British forces to Parliament for approval

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before giving the green light for that to happen? Yes or no? I am

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happy to give that commitment, as we always do. I am very clear that it

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was right to take action to prevent the slaughter that Colonel Gaddafi

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would have carried out against his people in Benghazi. Of course, Libya

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is in a state that is very concerning and everyone has to take

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responsibility for that. After the conflict, the British government did

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support the training of Libyan troops. We did bring the Libyan

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Prime Minister to the G8 in Northern Ireland. We went to the United

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Nations and passed resolutions to help that government, but so far, we

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have not been able to bring about that government of National accord

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that can bring stability to that country. But is it in our interests

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to help that government do that? Yes, and we should work with others

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to deliver it. My constituency, which was won for the first time

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ever by the Conservatives, could be transformed along with the rest of

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the region by the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon. Having signed a deal

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yesterday for Cardiff, could the Prime Minister give an assurance

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that the government review on tidal lagoons will do everything to ensure

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that the wider Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project fits the UK energy

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strategy, and does he recognise the economic potential this will bring

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to the Swansea Bay region? I thank my honourable friend. I remember

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visiting his constituency after his victory last year. We went to a

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brewery for a mild celebration. He is right that tidal lagoons do have

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potential. We launched a review to better understand the technology. We

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will work closely with developers to make a decision on Swansea. Wrexham

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in north Wales is a strong manufacturing and exporting region.

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But its growth is constrained by lack of access to airports in

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north-west England. The office for rail regulation is currently

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considering applications for rail pass from north Wales. Will the

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Prime Minister support a cross-party campaign for fairness for north

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Wales and for access to airports in north-west England? The former

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Secretary of State for Wales, the honourable member for Clwyd West,

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came to see me recently about this. There is a strong argument for how

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we can better connects north Wales with the north-west of England and

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make sure we build on the economic strength of both. I will look

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carefully at what he and my right Number Ten say for the potential for

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rail capacity. -- what my right honourable friend says. Last week, a

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High Court judge ruled in favour of ACPO of the great two listed former

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north Wales Hospital in Denbigh. Years of neglect by its offshore

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company owner resulted in the building being brought to the point

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of collapse. Thanks to the ground-breaking work carried out by

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Denbighshire County Council and the princes regeneration trust, that

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future should now be safeguarded. But what can the Prime Minister do

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to vent buildings such as these, which are deemed national assets,

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from falling into the hands of those who are not fit and proper

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guardians, particularly those outside of the control of our

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judicial system? It is an important point. While heritage is a devolved

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matter, it is great news that these buildings will be safeguarded. I

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understand that they were bought in 1996 by a company and the left

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abandoned. As he says, that is no way to treat a grade two star

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A-listed status building. That is why we have powers in place for

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compulsory purchase orders. In this case, Denbighshire council were

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right to use them. Councils should have the confidence that they have

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these measures and should be prepared to use them. Two weeks ago,

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in front of the education select committee, the head of Ofsted, Sir

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Michael Wilshaw, said that 16 to 19 education should be done in a school

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based environment and not in an FE institution. He then said that some

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pupils had towards the FE institution, do badly, get lost and

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drop out. Does the Prime Minister Greek? I think we need a range of

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settings for A-levels and post-16 study. There are a lot of secondary

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schools in our country who would like to have a sixth form, and I

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think there are great benefits, particularly for the 11-year-olds

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going to secondary school who can look to the top of the school and

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see what girls and boys are achieving, what A-level choices they

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are making, what futures they are thinking of. And for many people, it

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is inspiring to go to a school with a sixth form. But let's have the

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choice. That is why the academy is Asian of schools was important,

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because it gives schools the ability to make choices for our children. In

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apprenticeship week, I'm sure the Prime Minister will join my faxed to

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the employers who project six -- 6500 apprenticeships in 2010 and all

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the apprentices themselves, including my first apprentice, Laura

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Pearson, now Gloucester's youngest ever city councillor. Looking

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forward, would my right honourable friend do all he can to hasten the

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introduction of associate nurses, who will make a huge difference to

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the NHS and our health sector more broadly? The south-west has

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delivered over 280,000 apprenticeship starts since 2010. It

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is absolutely pulling its weight and well done to his constituents for

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doing that. He's also right about the introduction of associate

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nurses. We working with health England to offer another route into

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nursing which could see an expansion of our NHS. According to statistics

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provided by the Prime Minister library -- by the House library,

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there are many problem gamblers in the UK. Can the Prime Minister say

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when he will bring forward a 2010 report and does he agree that the

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money from dormant betting account should be used to support those

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whose lives have been destroyed by gambling? We will study this report

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carefully. We did take action in the last parliament to deal with problem

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gambling in terms of the planning system and the way fixed odds

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betting is terminals worked. I'm happy to keep examining this issue

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and act on the evidence, and I will discuss it with the Secretary of

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State for Culture, Media and Sport. The systematic killing of Christians

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and other minority groups by the so-called Islamic State across the

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Middle East has reached unprecedented proportions. So the

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action being taken by her Majesty's government is just. But what more

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will my right honourable friend do, working with the international

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community, to halt this genocide being committed against Christians

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by what I would rather call the Satanic day? My honourable friend is

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right to draw attention to what Daesh is doing in terms of

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persecuting Christians and others, not least those of other faiths and

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indeed Muslims who they disagree with. We must keep to the plan. We

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can see that we have shrunk the amount of territory Daesh have in

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Iraq by 40%. We are also seeing progress in this area, but this will

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take time. We must show the patients to make sure we rid the world of

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this evil death cult. The Prime Minister's energy policy is a

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shambles. It is wholly dependent upon the troubled and eye-wateringly

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expensive new nuclear plant at Hinckley. There is barely a plan A,

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let alone a plan B. Is the Prime Minister seeking to build the

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world's most expensive power station, or the world's biggest

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white elephant? We are planning to continue with a successful energy

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policy which is seeing cheaper energy and lower carbon at the same

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time. The whole strength of the Hinckley deal is that there is no

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payment unless this power station goes ahead and is built efficiently

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by EDF. I think that will be good for our energy supplies, because if

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you want to have energy at low cost and low carbon, you need strong

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nuclear energy at the heart of your system. Antibiotic research UK,

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situated in my constituency, is the world's first charity to tackle

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antimicrobial resistance, a looming global danger of disaster movie star

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proportions. With the Prime Minister agreed to meet with me to see how we

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can fund their vital research so that this time, it is not the

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Americans that save the world, but the British? I am happy to meet with

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my honourable friend. He is right to raise this issue. Because of the

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growing resistance to antibiotics and the fact that in so many cases

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now, antibiotics are not working, we do face a genuine medical emergency

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around the world. That is why Britain must put this issue on the

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agenda of the G20, why it was part of our discussions with the Chinese

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when they made the state visit last year, and why we are investing ?50

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million in an innovation fund, working with the Chinese government

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take this forward. I hope the organisation in his constituency can

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benefit from some of this research. The Prime Minister will know that

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his Home Secretary is once again trying to deport Afghan interpreter

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is seeking sanctuary in the UK. These brave people risk their lives

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serving our Armed Forces, yet they now face being sent back to the

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mercy of the Taliban or to join thousands rotting in refugee camps.

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Is this how Britain should repay those who put their lives on the

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line for us? Instead, will he do whatever is possible to ensure they

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are offered safe haven here? What we did in the last government, in which

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his party played a role, was that we agreed a set of conditions for

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Afghan interpreters to be able to come to the UK and be given

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sanctuary. But we also provided for a scheme so that those who wanted to

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stay and help rebuild their country were able to do so. I would still

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defend that scheme, even if his party has changed his mind. My

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constituent, Debra Reid and her sister, watched her mother waste

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away in hospital due to inadequate where after a fall, which has been

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admitted by the consultant in charge. Last week, my right

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honourable friend the Health Secretary hosted a global summit on

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patient safety and announced the creation of a new health care safety

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investigation branch. What more can the government do to ensure patient

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safety is at the heart of the NHS and prevent such instances occurring

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in the future? My honourable friend is right to raise cases like this.

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They are horrendous when they take place and should be properly

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investigated. We then need to learn the lessons. We have made progress.

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The proportion of patients being harmed in the NHS has dropped by a

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third in the last two years and MRSA bloodstream infections have fallen

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by over half in the last five years. But my right honourable friend the

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Health Secretary is right to hold this conference and to examine what

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other practices have done in order to have a zero accident safety

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culture. We have seen this in other walks of life, and it is time we

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applied it to the NHS. Just eight days ago, Oliver tableau popped to

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the shops. He was brutally shot dead. The community are shocked and

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saddened by this murder of an innocent young man. They have asked

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for more community local policing and more youth engagement. Will the

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Prime Minister meet with me to discuss how we can make our streets

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safer? It is an important point. In London, we have actually seen a

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reduction in gun crime. Our hearts go out to the family of Oliver

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Tetlow, who she talked about. We have seen better policing in our

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communities. We must keep that up and I will arrange whatever meeting

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is best to make sure the voices she mentioned are listened to. As my

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right honourable friend will be aware, highways England are

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consulting on a new lower Thames crossing, with their preferred

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option being so-called option C, which will dived 14% of traffic from

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the Dartford crossing. Does my right 'em agree that before spending

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billions on the new crossing, we should sort out the problem at the

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existing crossing -- does my right honourable friend Greek? It would

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improve air quality. Will he meet with me to discuss matters further?

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We need to tackle congestion and air quality and stationary traffic is

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more polluting than air traffic so sorting out the Dartford Crossing is

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important but we should look at options for a new crossing. Two

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options are on the table and these are the best available options.

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Highways England have looked at the locations in terms of their economic

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impact and we look forward to seeing what they recommend and then we can

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make progress. A vital step of our trees for our country's economy and

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we need traffic to run smoothly. On reflection, was it wise for the

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Chancellor to bank on the theory of ?27 billion windfall when it has

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only gone and vanished in the last three months? We will hear a lot

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from the Chancellor in a minute or two but I would say that we have an

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economy that is an immensely strong, facing a very difficult set of world

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circumstances. Here in Great Britain, when you look at it, and

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employment at 5%, inflation and virtually 0%, unemployment figures

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show unemployment falling again and wages growing at 2%. That is a

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better record than many other countries in the developed world can

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boast, and much of that is down to the plan set out by my right

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honourable friend and followed for six years. Last week, I welcomed in

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international delegation to the Eden Project to promote Cornwall for

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international tourists. Visitor numbers are up in Cornwall but there

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is more we can do to attract overseas visitors out of London and

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into the regions of our country. Can I ask the Prime Minister what more

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the government can do to support the tourist industry and get more

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overseas visitors to come to Cornwall? My honourable friend knows

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that there is nothing finer than going out of London and going down

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to Cornwall and no better place than the beach when the sun is setting

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and the waves are big. And my phone is working. He is right. And the

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Daily Mail photographer had gone home, that helps! We need to get

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people who come to our country to visit outside of London and that is

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what some of the new schemes we have announced, like the ?40 billion

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Discover England fund have done. In 2014 we exported food products, with

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73% of the total going to other Europeans dates, no wonder that 71%

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of food and drink Federation members want us to avoid Brexit. Do you

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think the prospects of further its or strengthened by staying in the

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European Union? The view from food manufacturers and from farmers and

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the wider business community it up yesterday said the four Europe, is

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very clear, and the arguments on food are particularly careful eye 20

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million cans without, and without any problems, and we should not put

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it at risk when we look at alternatives to being part of the

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single market, like Canada, we can see there are restrictions, for

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instance, quotas on beef, and I don't want to see that being applied

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to British farmers who have so much to be proud of. Does my right

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honourable friend agree that having an inspirational men's or can

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provide young people with the opportunities they would never have

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benefited from before? -- mentor. Can he tell me how the 14 million

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government will be putting into a new national mentoring scheme will

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benefit some of the most disadvantaged children in our

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society? I agree. One of the most important thing is schools can do in

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the future is encourage mentors from business, from the public sector,

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from charities, into schools to give that extra one-on-one help that

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young people benefit from. I was in Southwark yesterday at an academy to

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see how well it is going, where every child studying GCSEs and gets

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a mentor and it makes a huge difference to the life chances of

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the children. The ?14 million we are putting in should allow 25 thousand

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children to have a mentor. All schools should look at this. There

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are so many people in business, in the public sector, in charities,

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reluctant take part of this. The Prime Minister would like to suggest

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he is the champion of localism but he's government is seeking to gag

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local communities with a policy that stands out sent. -- stamps out.

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Dissent. Can he explain the rejection for Academy schools and

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why there views will count for nothing in the future? When are you

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argue that academy schools are true devolution. -- I would argue. You

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end up with teachers having full control over the school, making

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decisions about the school, and if that does not convince her, look at

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the result. If you look at primary sponsored academies, they have

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better records and are improving faster. 88% of the academy schools

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are rated rude or outstanding. This is true devolution, making sure

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every headteacher is in charge of their school and riding a great

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education we want for our children. -- providing. My constituent has

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been diagnosed with terminal breast cancer and has shown outstanding

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courage in her fight against the disease but she did not get the

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support of compassion of the employer who wanted to dismiss

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certain capability procedures. Now her former partner is trying to get

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the House they own together repossessed, leaving her homeless

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while dying. Would the Prime Minister agree with me that we need

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better protection for people who are diagnosed with terminal illnesses

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and would you join with me and Jackie in supporting the changes in

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outlined in the TUC campaign? The points you make are right and I will

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look very carefully at the case she raises. In all of these things, as

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well as having clear rules, you also need organisations, whether it is

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employers or housing associations or landlords or trade unions to act

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with genuine compassion and think of the person, the human being at the

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other end of the telephone. Order!

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